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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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